Re: Windows XP and DOS commands

From: R. C. White (rc_at_corridor.net)
Date: 10/18/04 

Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 14:16:39 -0500

Hi, Mayo.

Click here:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

Unless blocked by something like a corporate firewall, that one click
should:

1. Start Outlook Express;

2. Create a News Account for the Microsoft public news server, which is
free and does not require you to long on;

3. Open this WinXP General newsgroup; and

4. Download the 300 newest messages for you to read.

In other words, it should bring you right back here, but using the
Newsreader interface, rather than this Web-based interface. Most of the
people asking questions here use the Web, but most of the people answering
the questions use OE or another newsreader.

Afterwards, if you like, you can configure OE to suit yourself: Subscribe
to other NGs, Show or don't show the Preview Pane, Delete posts X days after
downloading, etc.

Try it; you might like it! ;<)

RC 

-- 
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@corridor.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
"mayo" <mayo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:A59332BD-F6AE-400E-9B5D-145076529A91@microsoft.com...
> Nice post Jim -
> This is a second attempt to add a reply, the first one supposedly didn't 
> go
> thru.
> I'm adding this reply to see if a copy will be forwarded to my e-mail as
> asked.
> With the previous format for this forum that could easily be done...
> tnx
>
> "Jim Macklin" wrote:
>
>> Yes, there is a command line interface and many former DOS
>> commands are still supported.  Some are not and there are
>> some changes in switches.
>> To see a list of commands, open the command window by
>> Start/Run  "cmd"  to see a list of supported coomands type
>> "help" (without the quotes, in each case)
<SNIP>>
>>
>> "Lexus" <Lexus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:39FC675A-2150-4763-BC15-9E5FD1291148@microsoft.com...
>> | Getting new computer with WinXP. After living with Win95,
>> 98, and ME (for
>> | last 4 years), I am very familiar with both registry mods
>> and DOS batch files.
>> | From what I see, my registry knowledge is still usable,
>> but understand DOS
>> | is no longer underlying XP.
>> | Are any DOS commands still usable to automate some tasks?
>> |
>> | Thanks

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